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they say ferdaus plotted to fly remote controlled model planes packed with explosives into the pentagon and the capitol. agents arrested him last september. investigators say that the public was never in danger. he is expected to receive a 17- year sentence. >>> well, if you were watching our live coverage of d.c. mayor gray's news conference at 10:30 this morning, you noticed that we were off the air for a while. well, we want to let you know that a piece of equipment failed, that it has since been repaired and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, find out how you could get stuck paying for the extra help needed for power companies to restore all their electricity that was out nearly two weeks ago. >>> one maryland community is turning off two of its red light cameras. officials say that the cameras are making intersections more dangerous. police in westminster will deactivate two of the town's three red light cameras. they were causing too many rear end crashes. people slammed on their brakes to avoid getting a ticket. po
they say ferdaus plotted to fly remote controlled model planes packed with explosives into the pentagon and the capitol. agents arrested him last september. investigators say that the public was never in danger. he is expected to receive a 17- year sentence. >>> well, if you were watching our live coverage of d.c. mayor gray's news conference at 10:30 this morning, you noticed that we were off the air for a while. well, we want to let you know that a piece of equipment failed, that it...
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we will talk with congressman jim himes about his support for the cuts to the pentagon budget.
we will talk with congressman jim himes about his support for the cuts to the pentagon budget.
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i trust the pentagon to design a 21st century military to make 21st century security threats. what will you spend it on, says the republicans, they said see me later. they say we have this huge debt so we will cut taxes $5 trillion more over the next decade and we're going to pay for that by including exemptions. which ones and how much will you say? see me after the election. [laughter] if you have an arithmetic problem to solve and you want to get from negatiuve to zero, would your first move to add - 7? [laughter] this is their strategy. i am not making this up. [applause] i am saying this because on this day of all days, we should know that there are good and noble people who work for the government. i remember when the oklahoma city bombing occurred before 9/11 and that was the biggest terrorist incident united states had seen. a man who had bitten my secret service detail had transferred there because he thought it would be a great place to raise his children and he was killed that day. along with other people. like every other politician, i had gotten up set on occasion
i trust the pentagon to design a 21st century military to make 21st century security threats. what will you spend it on, says the republicans, they said see me later. they say we have this huge debt so we will cut taxes $5 trillion more over the next decade and we're going to pay for that by including exemptions. which ones and how much will you say? see me after the election. [laughter] if you have an arithmetic problem to solve and you want to get from negatiuve to zero, would your first move...
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jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. they say everyone involved seems to believe this is going to be fine except for some critics on the outside. can you explain to us what the cut also involve? >> most significantly, the focus will shift toward the asia pacific, away from ground wars toward air and sea power, the army and marine corps will get smaller. the f-35 fighter jet will be slowed, not stopped. military retirement and health benefits will be overhauled. >> as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and the end of long-term nation building with large military foot print, we'll be able to insure our security with smaller conventional ground forces. >> which means a much smaller army and marine corps. shep. >> shep: the goal always was or for a long time has been to be able to fight two ground did wars at the same time and now i guess it's more of a one plus strategy. >> well, certainly that was the strategy for 70 years. but the pentagon is now admitting publicly what it has known privately for some time t
jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. they say everyone involved seems to believe this is going to be fine except for some critics on the outside. can you explain to us what the cut also involve? >> most significantly, the focus will shift toward the asia pacific, away from ground wars toward air and sea power, the army and marine corps will get smaller. the f-35 fighter jet will be slowed, not stopped. military retirement and health benefits will be overhauled. >> as we look...
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everybody knows that including the people at the pentagon. now, my defense secretary is going to have a lot to do with those decisions, but it's going to be the president who's going to have to ultimately decide before that budget goes to the congress what weapons systems are going to go and what are going to stay. we are not going to spend the billions and trillions that mr. bush wants to spend on star wars. we're not going to spend billions on mx's on railroad cars, which is a weapons system we don't need, can't afford and won't help our defense posture at all. we're not going to spend hundreds of millions on a space plane from washington to tokyo. those are decisions that the chief executive has to make. yes, we're going to have a strong and credible and effective nuclear deterrent. we're going to go forward with the stealth and the d-5 and the advance cruise missile and good conventional forces. but the next president of the united states will have to make some tough and difficult decisions. i'm prepared to make them, the vice president i
everybody knows that including the people at the pentagon. now, my defense secretary is going to have a lot to do with those decisions, but it's going to be the president who's going to have to ultimately decide before that budget goes to the congress what weapons systems are going to go and what are going to stay. we are not going to spend the billions and trillions that mr. bush wants to spend on star wars. we're not going to spend billions on mx's on railroad cars, which is a weapons system...
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yeah we kind of say the pentagon and the nobel peace prize winning president are still draining our pockets for war two thousand and thirteen planned six hundred sixteen billion dollar defense budget is a huge bill on top of the us is fifteen trillion dollar debt we'll take a look at the lousy economics behind war and why thinking of all the trillions may be obscuring just how bad the nation's finances actually are plus this is what's happened in the past when the lawmakers asked ben bernanke to help in this case small businesses. we don't banks we don't have any capacity to evaluate a small business. why not why wouldn't congress consider if you think that the banking system is not working why wouldn't congress consider its own provision would you do it no you do it while they're at it again federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he is now pushing congress to help housing bernanke he wants the broke home proper offers fannie and freddie owned by the u.s. taxpayer to provide cheaper mortgages to more of the same taxpayers makes sense we think maybe bernanke he has his hands full just proppin
yeah we kind of say the pentagon and the nobel peace prize winning president are still draining our pockets for war two thousand and thirteen planned six hundred sixteen billion dollar defense budget is a huge bill on top of the us is fifteen trillion dollar debt we'll take a look at the lousy economics behind war and why thinking of all the trillions may be obscuring just how bad the nation's finances actually are plus this is what's happened in the past when the lawmakers asked ben bernanke...
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. >>> another big story, the man who shot into the pentagon and the u.s. marine corps museum pleaded guilty and will spend 25 years in prison. john henrehan was in the courthouse for the plea-bargain and has the latest on this story. john? >> reporter: prosecutors, this case is a slam dunk. once they found a homemade video of one of the shootings in progress and we're going to show you parts of that and the defendant is a former marine reservist. >> reporter: in the fall of 2010, there was a series of overnight shootings starting at the u.s. marine corps museum and at the pentagon in arlington and the military recruiting stations in northern virginia. no one was injured and some bullet holes could be scene. the shooter used a home video camera to record one of the assaults. wearing a hood, he holds up a nineteen-milli-- 9-millimeter handgun and with arabic music playing in the car, he's going to hit a military target and then he shoots out the passenger window as it passes the marine corps museum. later in the homemade video, the shooter shouts god did is
. >>> another big story, the man who shot into the pentagon and the u.s. marine corps museum pleaded guilty and will spend 25 years in prison. john henrehan was in the courthouse for the plea-bargain and has the latest on this story. john? >> reporter: prosecutors, this case is a slam dunk. once they found a homemade video of one of the shootings in progress and we're going to show you parts of that and the defendant is a former marine reservist. >> reporter: in the fall of...
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unveil his new military strategy aimed at cutting the pentagon's budget. the president acknowledged the new military whethill be leaner insisted no less meaner. >> the united states will maintain our military superiority with forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> reporter: a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan zapped the military and sent pentagon spending soaring, up 71% in the past ten years. a bill that defense secretary leon panetta says the nation can no longer afford. >> all of this at a time when america faces a serious deficit and debt problem at home. a problem which is, itself, a national security risk squeezing both the defense and domestic budgets. >> reporter: to cut the military's budget will take a major shift in strategy. u.s. forces will focus on deterring a growing threat from china in the asia pacific region, conduct smaller counter insurgency operations with u.s. special forces elsewhere, and no longer attempt to fight two major ground wars at the same time. >> i'm uneasy about r
unveil his new military strategy aimed at cutting the pentagon's budget. the president acknowledged the new military whethill be leaner insisted no less meaner. >> the united states will maintain our military superiority with forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> reporter: a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan zapped the military and sent pentagon spending soaring, up 71% in the past ten years. a bill that defense secretary...
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>> the pentagon is planning a $40 million project to update communications from the u.s. u.s. base on guantanamo bay to south florida. the plan to lay underwater fiber optic cable will require congressional approval. pentagon spokesman tells fox it's a mistake to assume that the project is any indication of how long the gitmo detention center will be in operation. tens of thousands of americans could lose their internet service on monday unless they do a quick check on their computers for malware that may have taken over their machines more than a year ago. to check whether your computer is affected visit the website dcwg.org, run by a group brought in by the f.b.i. the president kicks off the summer bus tour and both candidates turn on the spin cycle when it comes to healthcare. the fox all-stars join me coming up next. [ male announceu take it on your road trip... we take it on ours. this summer put your family in an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz now for an exceptional price during the summer event. but hurry, this offer ends july 31st. an accident doesn't have to s
>> the pentagon is planning a $40 million project to update communications from the u.s. u.s. base on guantanamo bay to south florida. the plan to lay underwater fiber optic cable will require congressional approval. pentagon spokesman tells fox it's a mistake to assume that the project is any indication of how long the gitmo detention center will be in operation. tens of thousands of americans could lose their internet service on monday unless they do a quick check on their computers for...
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the guided state capitol and the peridot -- pentagon, that targets of 9/11. yet the department has a role in this to provide a security assessment and a national policy. the department apparently disagrees with you and frankly disagrees with me as the chairman. and they have refused to provide testimony before this committee today. i find that reprehensible. i believe the department should come before this committee to answer why they believe they should not have a role in this when we had a direct threat to the capital and the pentagon yet they do not see it as the role of the department of homeland security to come up with a policy and security assessment to monitor the threat these domestic drones can pose it to the american people. do you have any idea what the rationale was? >> mr. chairman, we specifically followed up in preparation for this hearing, but before that, the gao has a policy of once we issue a recommendation that we do periodic follow-ups because those agencies are not only responsible for reporting to the gao, but they also report to congr
the guided state capitol and the peridot -- pentagon, that targets of 9/11. yet the department has a role in this to provide a security assessment and a national policy. the department apparently disagrees with you and frankly disagrees with me as the chairman. and they have refused to provide testimony before this committee today. i find that reprehensible. i believe the department should come before this committee to answer why they believe they should not have a role in this when we had a...
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the pentagon was attacked. please join us in observing a moment of silence to remember those who perished. [moment of silence] >> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. >> mr. president, mrs. obama, mr. secretary, distinguished guests, good morning and thank you all for being here. my wife did. idi and i offer a special welcome to family and friends of those we lost on these ground 11 years ago today. one of them was chief warrant officer william ruth. his memorial bench of granite and steel sits in the last row in front of me, 7th in from the far route. bill serveds a a marine in vietnam flying helicopters. after the war he became a social studies teacher and joined the army national guard, serving in the first gulf war as a medevac pilot. he was loved by his students. they were proud of his service and moved by his deep commitment to them and to our nation. one student said, he opened up my eyes and my heart to the world. many others inspired by his example became teachers, nurses,
the pentagon was attacked. please join us in observing a moment of silence to remember those who perished. [moment of silence] >> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. >> mr. president, mrs. obama, mr. secretary, distinguished guests, good morning and thank you all for being here. my wife did. idi and i offer a special welcome to family and friends of those we lost on these ground 11 years ago today. one of them was chief warrant officer william ruth....
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the pentagon spokesman said the funding was needed to make the system more survivable. the massive ordinance penetrator or mop is delivered by a b-2, or b-52 bomber plane. publicly, the air force denied it's being rushed for use of the middle east. >> not able to tie this upgrade to iran? >> i don't think i am. to put it bluntly. >> former house armed forces chairman ike skelton to dedicate ship in name of gabrielle giffords was asked if the u.s. has the conventionm fire power to stop iran's nuclear program. >> do i think so? >> of course. >> meanwhile, israel successfully tested upgraded radar for aero missile defense shield that it jointly developed with the pentagon. the blue spare row ii missile fired from undisclosed location in the mediterranean sea toward israel. it comes days after iran tested a missile capable of hitting israel. on the same day that hamas prime minister vited tehran from the gaza strip to build warmer relations with iran. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. president obama signed the final piece of legislation authored by
the pentagon spokesman said the funding was needed to make the system more survivable. the massive ordinance penetrator or mop is delivered by a b-2, or b-52 bomber plane. publicly, the air force denied it's being rushed for use of the middle east. >> not able to tie this upgrade to iran? >> i don't think i am. to put it bluntly. >> former house armed forces chairman ike skelton to dedicate ship in name of gabrielle giffords was asked if the u.s. has the conventionm fire power...
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at least the pentagon is reading my material. they finally came around. it only took them a coup ol f years. i've been saying this for years now. >> i'm struck by -- and i don't think i thought about it until i read the book. that america has this long history of celebrity generals. right? george patton, colin powell, stanley mcchrystal and david petraeus is the biggest names of the post- 9/11 wars. now there are new celebrity generals. is that on accident or do you think it's on purpose? >> i wonder if president obama did this by design or if it sort of happened this way in his quest to regain control of the pentagon. petraeus has been defrauded. he's at cia. general mcchrystal -- who is running the war in afghanistan now? you probably know. but some guy named john allen. none of the other generals -- there's no big-time general that can threaten the president's command. >> are you troubled -- not ambivalence but the way that generals do pr. describe the problems with civil affairs as a struggle in the military. and also the sort of weirdness about gener
at least the pentagon is reading my material. they finally came around. it only took them a coup ol f years. i've been saying this for years now. >> i'm struck by -- and i don't think i thought about it until i read the book. that america has this long history of celebrity generals. right? george patton, colin powell, stanley mcchrystal and david petraeus is the biggest names of the post- 9/11 wars. now there are new celebrity generals. is that on accident or do you think it's on purpose?...
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the guys who want more money from the pentagon should be focused on economic growth and not try to take a larger piece of a shrinking pie. i think the growth is the only way to get out -- 4% a year instead of obama's rate for a decade and you wipe out obama's accumulated debt and his first term, the $5 trillion he has run up. i think there are very important focuses on growth. when we see something in writing -- i am not going to get involved in some hypothetical because every once in awhile i explain a hypothetical and then it gets turned into more than i perhaps said or intended to say. but when something is written down -- and the good news is you have it written down, you put it on line for seven days, and the press and the american people look at it. nobody has to call me -- is this a tax increase? take a look at it. it will be either clearly a tax increase or not. we did not have any problems with the 2011 budget deal. it was not a tax increase. easy. the 2010 budget deal -- not a tax increase. we got lots of deals and nobody calls me on the phone wondering whether it is a tax inc
the guys who want more money from the pentagon should be focused on economic growth and not try to take a larger piece of a shrinking pie. i think the growth is the only way to get out -- 4% a year instead of obama's rate for a decade and you wipe out obama's accumulated debt and his first term, the $5 trillion he has run up. i think there are very important focuses on growth. when we see something in writing -- i am not going to get involved in some hypothetical because every once in awhile i...
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stick with 395 out of landmark, nothing complicated to the pentagon. 66 is slowing in manassas through falls church and 270 delays are typical and the outer loop from 95 to georgia avenue is building volume on the baltimore-washington parkway is reopened where we had a crash. someone rolled over in upper marlboro but it is against the rush hour. >> the time is 6:13. we are looking at 56 degrees. >> why the postal service is still up in the air. >> the high car drops hints on how it will rule on the >> the supreme court is deciding whether states have the rights to approve their own immigration laws. they heard arguments on the arizona immigration law. the comments suggest the justices may let the law stand and the final decision is expected in june. the 2012 campaign is entering a new phase. it is becoming a two-man race. the president will move into campaign mode next week will hold rallies at ohio state university and virginia commonwealth university on may 5. in the meantime, texas governor rick perry is during his support behind mitt romney. he had supported newt gingrich after dro
stick with 395 out of landmark, nothing complicated to the pentagon. 66 is slowing in manassas through falls church and 270 delays are typical and the outer loop from 95 to georgia avenue is building volume on the baltimore-washington parkway is reopened where we had a crash. someone rolled over in upper marlboro but it is against the rush hour. >> the time is 6:13. we are looking at 56 degrees. >> why the postal service is still up in the air. >> the high car drops hints on...
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will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? that opens up all sorts of possibilities back in massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hegel. this man came back from vietnam with two purple hearts. there is talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans are not very happy with him. why? >> chuckagel was n to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix. he said i want to go to vietnam. in may and talk to the chaplain and psychologist, and after two weeks, he went to vietnam. he fought for his country, unlike his critics. he has bled for his country, unlike his critics. he understand war, unlike his critics. he did not have other priorities, like richard cheney, and never said it was going to be a cakewalk. he is prepared, ready, and bill cohen put it best. he has fought and bled for this country. he knows the subject matter. ask jim jones and other national security advisers. >> iraq and iran, that is what upsets people about shock hegel and some of the things he had to say about them.
will it be chuck hagel at the pentagon? that opens up all sorts of possibilities back in massachusetts. i want to talk about chuck hegel. this man came back from vietnam with two purple hearts. there is talk about him going to the pentagon but there are some republicans are not very happy with him. why? >> chuckagel was n to go to vietnam. he had orders to go to germany. he was at fort dix. he said i want to go to vietnam. in may and talk to the chaplain and psychologist, and after two...
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the pentagon was looking for. i mean, their message was all through the crisis of the last week was the rising tensions in the strait of hormuz. the u.s. is there to keep the peace, to be a stabilizing agent... influence. and also to be good mariners, to rescue people in need. this was sort of a perfect moment. eye ronic twist to the end of rising tensions that they were able to highlight. >> warner: very briefly, do the u.s. officials think this will have any broader implications on the relationship? >> not with the government. i think the message is over time that the iranian people will see that the u.s. is a force for good. but it's not going to make any difference with tehran. >> warner: julian barnes of the wall street journal and david sanger of the "new york times," thank you both. >> thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, vying for votes in new hampshire; drawing the electoral map in texas; and spending less on health care. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >>
the pentagon was looking for. i mean, their message was all through the crisis of the last week was the rising tensions in the strait of hormuz. the u.s. is there to keep the peace, to be a stabilizing agent... influence. and also to be good mariners, to rescue people in need. this was sort of a perfect moment. eye ronic twist to the end of rising tensions that they were able to highlight. >> warner: very briefly, do the u.s. officials think this will have any broader implications on the...
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that spokesman, i should say, has retired from the pentagon. but they did not say they object to all parades to mark the end of the iraq war and welcome home iraq veterans. in fact, the pentagon says it likes the idea of doing that across the country for iraq veterans. except they just don't want it in new york. and, in fact, cities across the country have kept doing it. since the st. louis parade, there have been parades to mark the end of the iraq war, say welcome home, thank you to iraq veterans in houston, in tucson, in fayetteville, north carolina, in melbourne, florida, in richmond, virginia, in new hampshire, austin, texas, and then this weekend, there was another in the twin cities. minneapolis and st. paul, minnesota. >> and as an adult i now have the ability to stand up and do something for our community and for our military members to actually stop and say thank you. and why not? why not do that? >> i think that's important right now. people are finally recognizing that you need to welcome these veterans home. >> the parade in the tw
that spokesman, i should say, has retired from the pentagon. but they did not say they object to all parades to mark the end of the iraq war and welcome home iraq veterans. in fact, the pentagon says it likes the idea of doing that across the country for iraq veterans. except they just don't want it in new york. and, in fact, cities across the country have kept doing it. since the st. louis parade, there have been parades to mark the end of the iraq war, say welcome home, thank you to iraq...
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pentagon component barbara starr has been looking into this story. and we want to warn you that some of the images that we're about to show you are difficult to watch. >> reporter: afghan soldiers, starving, lying in dirty beds with festering wounds, denied pain killers. all of this at the kabul national military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to help the afghans run. >> things as simple as dressing changes are not done. patients become infected and they die. >> reporter: these days, a world away, skylar gellar, a retired air force doctor, tends to his tennessee farm. >> this will be kind of a little haven. >> reporter: from february, 2010 to february, 201 1, he oversaw training of afghans at the hospital. these photos were taken by his american military staff. >> there are patients that are starving to death because they can't buy the food. they have to bribe for ood. they have to bribe for medicine. patients were beaten when they complained about no pain medicine or no medicine. >> reporter: and you're not supposed to wor
pentagon component barbara starr has been looking into this story. and we want to warn you that some of the images that we're about to show you are difficult to watch. >> reporter: afghan soldiers, starving, lying in dirty beds with festering wounds, denied pain killers. all of this at the kabul national military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to help the afghans run. >> things as simple as dressing changes are not done. patients become infected and they...
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he planned to pack a model plane with explosives and fly it into the pentagon. he will it up to 17 years in prison. looking for a thieves who cut a hole in a business's roof and robbed it. this happened at as cash express -- ace cash express. >> she heard a crash and turned around. the man told her to open the safe and the two ran off with money. if you know anything, you are asked to call fairfax county police. the search is on for whoever sexually assaulting a young woman behind the montgomery county community center. police say a man held a 21-year- old woman at knifepoint and raped her. her condition is not being released at this time, we will continue to follow this story on wjla.com and abc of 7 news at 5. an arson team has been called in to investigate a fire in northeastern b.c. it broke out inside webb elementary school that has been vacant since 2008. no one was hurt there, but firefighters did have to be pulled out for safety reasons. new developments in the campaign scandal involving d.c. mayor vincent grey. of his former campaign workers is expected
he planned to pack a model plane with explosives and fly it into the pentagon. he will it up to 17 years in prison. looking for a thieves who cut a hole in a business's roof and robbed it. this happened at as cash express -- ace cash express. >> she heard a crash and turned around. the man told her to open the safe and the two ran off with money. if you know anything, you are asked to call fairfax county police. the search is on for whoever sexually assaulting a young woman behind the...
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let's get to our live at the pentagon barbara before we talk let's listen to navy secretary ray mavis talking about this issue today. >> i've been to afghanistan now seven times. and i can tell you from first-hand experience there are no front lines there. and women have been serving in areas of great danger for a decade now. regardless of what the policy is. because there are no front lines. now, and they've been serving with great distinction. they've been serving at great risk. >> barbara, what do top military officials make of senator santorum's comments? >> i think ray mabus is sending the ultimate signal there. talk about raised eyebrows. they are commanding women on the front lines. women are not serving in infantry units, in small sniper platoons, in special operations forces. but the reality is over 800 women have been wounded in the last ten years in battle. more than 140 have lost their lives. i talked to one female iraq veteran today, a sergeant we've known for many years now. she said she considered santorum's remarks an insult to the troops. but let me give you the other
let's get to our live at the pentagon barbara before we talk let's listen to navy secretary ray mavis talking about this issue today. >> i've been to afghanistan now seven times. and i can tell you from first-hand experience there are no front lines there. and women have been serving in areas of great danger for a decade now. regardless of what the policy is. because there are no front lines. now, and they've been serving with great distinction. they've been serving at great risk....
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within hours after the video surfaced came an avalanche of condemnations from top ranking pentagon and military officials. at the state department today, secretary of state hillary clinton called the video deplorable. >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel. >> reporter: there's deep concern this video could create a serious backlash against the u.s. military in afghanistan. president karzai called it an insane act and demanded those involved be severely punished. this afghan fears that the marines' actions could undermine any u.s. peace efforts and "increase the misery" in our country. the enemy gets a vote here, too. they have already seen them react about statements about how offended they are and how they may lash out. >> reporter: but how in a military unit is disciplined as the marines could this happen? >> these people are in day to day brutal combat. they're young. they turn into animals if you're not careful. >> jim miklaszewski reporting for us. >>> u.s. tensions with iran appear to be he
within hours after the video surfaced came an avalanche of condemnations from top ranking pentagon and military officials. at the state department today, secretary of state hillary clinton called the video deplorable. >> it is absolutely inconsistent with american values, with the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel. >> reporter: there's deep concern this video could create a serious backlash against the u.s. military in afghanistan. president karzai...
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president obama will join leon panetta at the pentagon. lit happen later this morning. going to discuss the strategy for cutting billions of dollars from the budget. this is going to include these things. number one, no longer fighting would ground wars simultaneously. removing 4,000 troops from europe. and cutting at least 47,000 marines and troops within the next five years. the president's opponents say this is coming at a time when china's military is growing. when iran is growing its nuclear program and middle east is more volatile than any time before. cnn's chris lawrence has been talking to his source. we will find out what the president will be saying today. chris is live for us at the pentagon. good morning to you, chris. first, why the shift? >> bottom line, soledad, money. when you have to cut half a trillion dollars and possibly even a full trillion dollars out of the budget, you can't have everything on the plate. so -- as one official told me, look, if you think the greatest danger to the u.s. is right around the corner, then you keep the military -- keep
president obama will join leon panetta at the pentagon. lit happen later this morning. going to discuss the strategy for cutting billions of dollars from the budget. this is going to include these things. number one, no longer fighting would ground wars simultaneously. removing 4,000 troops from europe. and cutting at least 47,000 marines and troops within the next five years. the president's opponents say this is coming at a time when china's military is growing. when iran is growing its...
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the pentagon is sending the advanced spider yet to allied base less than 200-miles from iran. the air force strongly denies deployment of the f-22 is meant as show of force. the f-22 has not seen combat. >>> ban ki-moon says the syrian government repression of the civilian population reached an unacceptable and intolerable stage. the violence there claimed more lives today. leland vittert reports on latest indication that cease-fire is not holding. >> the heart of syrian capital, suicide bomber blew himself up killing nine mostly police officers and injuring 28. state tv broadcast pictures of the body bag from the "terrorist attack." the government uses the attack to justify the continued violation of the cease-fire. amateur video reports to slow damage that turned the neighborhood to never ending streets of rubble. cars riddled with too many bullet holes to count. activists report 15 u.n. observers allowed in the country to monitor the failed cease-fire are of little help. video appears to support the claim as the tanks roam freely and the governments continue to round up sus
the pentagon is sending the advanced spider yet to allied base less than 200-miles from iran. the air force strongly denies deployment of the f-22 is meant as show of force. the f-22 has not seen combat. >>> ban ki-moon says the syrian government repression of the civilian population reached an unacceptable and intolerable stage. the violence there claimed more lives today. leland vittert reports on latest indication that cease-fire is not holding. >> the heart of syrian capital,...
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there has been no real cuts yet to the pentagon. there hasn't been the hope or desire increase in spending. it we didn't get the increase in spending we call that a cut in washington. that where we are now. out of a $600 billion budget, couldn't you imagine that with the efficiency, common sense, and smart thinking we could save 8% of that? and the answer is absolutely. if that's the case. why are we not doing that? taking those idea. i also remind you that we put forward before the break an audit the pentagon bill. one of the biggest problem in the pentagon. they have no idea where they're spending their money. if you can't account for it. you can't issue in or manage. we need to do a lot of work in the pentagon. i'm a budget hawk but i'm also a military hawk. i want us to have the best equipment, the best equipped military in the world. if you look at what happened on procurement on the military. we're spending less and getting more in term of capability. that comes about in terms of our weapons system, development, and contract.
there has been no real cuts yet to the pentagon. there hasn't been the hope or desire increase in spending. it we didn't get the increase in spending we call that a cut in washington. that where we are now. out of a $600 billion budget, couldn't you imagine that with the efficiency, common sense, and smart thinking we could save 8% of that? and the answer is absolutely. if that's the case. why are we not doing that? taking those idea. i also remind you that we put forward before the break an...
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. >>> we learned hours ago from the pentagon that we have suffered another loss overseas. a man from upper marlboro was killed in a plane crash in africa. the plane was on a routine return flight back from a mission to support the war in afghanistan. still no idea why this plane went down. >>> we're learning that no charges will be filed against the chargers to hit and killed a 13-year-old boy on saturday. parents and the community are hoping the tragic loss will be an eye-opening moment for his peers. >> balloons and flowers and candles show the spot where the life was taken from the boy. tonight, some say that drinking and partying are pretty common among 13-year-old. >> everybody has an energy drink or whatever. i think they have older people buy for them. >> the drink called four loko no longer has caffeine in it but is equal to about four cans of beer. they say they were partying and he got sick and opened up the car door and when he fell out, he was hit by a car. >> she came with pizza from dominick. she knows many of the kids and knows what it's like to lose someone
. >>> we learned hours ago from the pentagon that we have suffered another loss overseas. a man from upper marlboro was killed in a plane crash in africa. the plane was on a routine return flight back from a mission to support the war in afghanistan. still no idea why this plane went down. >>> we're learning that no charges will be filed against the chargers to hit and killed a 13-year-old boy on saturday. parents and the community are hoping the tragic loss will be an...